Merkel condoles loss of lives in Leh flash floods

New Delhi: German Chancellor Angela Merkel
has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh condoling the
loss of lives in floods in Leh in Jammu and Kashmir.

"I have been greatly saddened by the news of the
disastrous floods in the Ladakh region in which many people
have been killed or injured," Merkel wrote to Singh.
"Permit me at this difficult time to offer you my
heartfelt condolences. Those who have lost their loved ones
are especially in my thoughts. To all who have been injured I
wish a speedy recovery," she said.

Earlier, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle had
conveyed his condolences to his Indian counterpart S M
Krishna.